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Transformation (Day/Evening) Ensemble Day Front View
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FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
Woman's ensemble consisting of (A) day bodice with deep V-neckline trimmed with lace, (B) evening bodice with off-the-shoulder neckline and (C) full skirt of matching ice blue silk brocaded with roses, cherry blossoms and leaves in navy blue and sea foam green against navy blue and sea foam green stripes.
Date: 1853-54, altered later.
Note: Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. Dress appears in Langley-Moore, Doris. "The Woman in Fashion" p 65 plate XXI-XXII. Dress also appears in BBC TV program "Men, Women, and Clothes: Informal Clothes"1957.
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- Title: Transformation (Day/Evening) Ensemble Day Front View
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1853/1854
- Location Created: Unknown
- Physical Dimensions: (A) Day bodice 15" (B) Evening bodice CB 10.25" (C) Skirt SL 44"
- Provenance: Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection Gift of the Helen Larson Estate
- Type: Bodice Skirt Ensemble
- Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
- Medium: Brocaded silk, cotton & silk lace, Honiton lace & silk ribbon
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